英国陆军总司令表示，英国政界领袖即将就备战的必要性与民众展开“坦诚对话”。罗利·沃克爵士将军称，所有公民都将被要求做出牺牲，为保卫国家尽一份力。本周，他在访问北约克郡的卡特里克军营时向士兵们直言不讳地发表了上述讲话。英国武装部队广播服务局（BFBS）用镜头记录下了这些内容。
The head of the army says the UK's political leaders are about to start a "frank conversation" with the public about the need to prepare for war. General Sir Roly Walker said every citizen will be asked to make sacrifices and to play their part in the defence of the nation. He was speaking very bluntly to troops during a visit to Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire this week. The comments were captured on camera by British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS)."You didn't know this, but our nation is going to need you," the chief of the general staff told the group of around 700 soldiers."
“你们或许并不知晓，但我们的国家将需要你们的帮助，”这位陆军总司令对在场约700名士兵说道。“曾有一段时间，我们的国家不愿去设想需要士兵上战场作战的情形。然而很快，英国政界领袖们就将与民众展开坦诚对话，向他们说明当前局势以及存在的风险。”
There was a time that our nation didn't want to think of a time when it would need its soldiers to fight in a war," he said." Indeed, very soon, the political leaders of this country will start to have a frank conversation with the citizens of this country about just what is going on and where the risk lies." They are going to try and explain to our citizens that our citizens have got to consent to sacrifices to prioritise defence and security."
“他们将努力向民众解释：为了优先保障国防与安全，民众必须愿意做出牺牲。同时，他们还会呼吁那些平时未必会把军人放在心上的人们，也来为国家的防务与安全出一份力。”
And then they are going to ask those citizens, for whom we are not necessarily at the front of their mind, that they too need to play a part in the defence and security of this country." They need to understand what we do for them.
“民众需要明白我们为他们做了什么，也需要同意让我们履行职责——这就意味着他们必须做出牺牲。最终，我们还需要民众支持我们，支持你们去完成只有你们才能完成的使命，那就是与敌人决一死战。”
They need to consent to allow us to do that. Which means sacrifices by them." And ultimately we are going to need them to back us, to back you to do the one thing that you do that nobody else gets to do and that is to take the fight to the enemy."
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首相还应启动一项新的运动，鼓励每个家庭为各种危机做好更充分的准备，从洪水和干旱到武装冲突——这是他继承自前届政府、但尚未兑现的另一项计划。
The prime minister is also meant to be launching a new campaign to encourage every household to be better prepared for every kind of crisis, from floods and droughts to armed conflict - another plan that he took over from the previous administration that he has yet to deliver.